Unhappiness doesn't grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won't fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too,… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
“In my poetry a rhyme Would seem to me almost insolent. Inside me contend Delight at the apple tree in blossom And horror at… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
“The law was made for one thing alone,for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
